“You can imprison a man, but not an idea. You can exile a man, but not an idea. You can kill a man, but not an idea.” “Democracy is the best revenge.” 1065: Benazir Bhutto Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Born: 21 June 1953, Karachi, Pakistan Died: 27 December 2007, Rawalpindi, Pakistan Benazir was the…
“I am like a deeply built ship—I drive best under a strong wind.” 1064: Jessie Frémont Author and Political Activist Born: 31 May 1824, near Lexington, Virginia, United States of America Died: 27 December 1902, Los Angeles, California, United States of America Full Name: Jessie Ann Benton Frémont Jessie is most known for being the…
“Yes, I love him devotedly. Every other man seems so ordinary beside my own bright particular star.” 1063: Elizabeth Bacon Custer Author and Public Speaker who Spent Decades Fighting to Preserve & Protect Her Husband’s Legacy Born: 8 April 1842, Monroe, Michigan, United States of America Died: 4 April 1933, New York City, New York,…
“My husband and his brothers were very angry. They said, ‘What will people think? An old lady of your age going out to shoot guns? You should be looking after your grandchildren.’ I listened to them quietly, but I decided to keep going no matter what.” 1062: Chandro Tomar Held the Title of Oldest Female…
1061: Marie Marvingt It Takes a Special Kind of Woman to be Nicknamed, The Fiancée of Danger Born: 20 February 1875, Aurillac, Auvergne, France Died: 14 December 1963, Laxou, Lorraine, France Marie was a true athlete and was proficient in a number of sports including mountain climbing, cycling, swimming, fencing, shooting, skating, bobsledding, flying in…
“You have not one man to spare; a woman will not be missed in the defense of the fort…’Tis better a maid than a man should die.” (Betty’s supposed words when someone suggested a man go for the gunpowder instead of her) 1060: Elizabeth “Betty” Zane Famed Revolutionary War Volunteer Born: c.1759-1766, The Colony of…
1059: Emily Geiger Revolutionary War Patriot Born: c.1765, The Colony of South Carolina (Present-day South Carolina, United States of America) Died: c.1825, South Carolina, United States of America Emily was a civilian volunteer who offered to ride across seventy miles of dangerous terrain to deliver a message during the war when she was only eighteen….
1058: Nancy Hart Spy, Scout, and Soldier During the American Revolution Born: 1735, The Colony of North-Carolina (Present-day Orange County, North Carolina, United States of America [or possibly Pennsylvania, sources differ])* Died: 1830, Present-day Henderson County, Kentucky, United States of America Original Name: Ann Morgan Nancy made it her personal mission to rid Georgia of…
1057: Hannah White Arnett Patriot During the American Revolution Born: 15 January 1733, The Colony of New York (Present-day Bridgehampton, New York, United States of America) Died: 10 January 1823 (or 1824, sources differ), Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States of America Hannah is best remembered today for stopping a group of American men from deserting…
“She’s an army spouse, and then an army widow, and then she was a soldier, and then she was a wounded soldier, and then she was a prisoner of war, and then she was a veteran. I really think of her as that building block for women in the military.” -Jennifer Minus, Veteran and Member…